Siren, Dodgeville, Gillett and Winter school districts could all dissolve without increasing operational revenue.

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After years of struggling with declining enrollment, Alverno College changed its recruitment strategy with a renewed focus on athletics — and it’s starting to work. 

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The Oneida Nation is being honored by the Library of Congress for its Oneida Reads program to boost 3rd-grade reading proficiency among tribal students.

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Republican candidate for governor Tom Tiffany says he’ll make Wisconsin schools more accountable by giving parents and teachers more rights.

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Hackers appear to have stolen about $92,000 from the rural Adams-Friendship Area School District, according to a letter sent to parents.

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The Mole Lake Sokaogon Chippewa Community is partnering with Nicolet College and the state Department of Workforce Development to launch an apprenticeship program to help train workers needed for a high-speed internet project.

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Francis Halzen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work pioneering neutrino astronomy.

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A rally scheduled for Friday evening aims to allow sexual assault survivors to share their stories and demand change from UW-Madison and the city to prevent sexual violence. The organizer tells WPR proceeds will support the RCC Sexual Violence Resource Center.

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Organizers attempting to recall two Winneconne Community School District board members will file an appeal with the Wisconsin Elections Commission this week after their petitions were rejected.

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Ten assistance-dogs-in-training — yellow Labrador retrievers — are living in dorms, attending classes and experiencing life alongside 22 student trainers at UW-River Falls.

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Starting next year, every Wisconsin student will have to take a financial literacy class before they can graduate from high school. A $296,000 grant to school districts will help make that requirement more financially feasible.

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A Milwaukee woman is facing six felony charges after she allegedly impersonated a substitute teacher at a Milwaukee Public Schools high school last month.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of physics Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved.

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The primate research conducted at UW-Madison’s Harlow Lab and Wisconsin National Primate Research Center has been the subject of controversy for many years. 

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More people are seeking to reconnect with nature and learn how to find their own food outdoors. As interest grows, several groups across the central U.S. are teaching people how to eat "field to fork."

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School Boards for Academic Excellence was created in 2023 as the “reform-minded alternative to the National School Board Association.”

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Milwaukee Public Schools is seeing early gains under the district’s new literacy plan with 23 schools up five or more percentage points on the Wisconsin Forward Exam.

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Residents in Antigo are fighting to keep their local pool open after school district leaders said they didn’t have the funds for it.

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The Watertown Unified School District gained national attention this spring when it banned an instrumental piece of music tied to LGBTQ+ history. Now the district has decided to replace the 2027 spring musical.

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Police have arrested at least two men amid an investigation into alleged hazing in the basement of an unrecognized fraternity near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

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